Download 1 The Providence Mandolin Orchestra Mark Davis, Director With

The Providence Mandolin Orchestra
Mark Davis, Director
With special guest artists, The Orchestra of the International Mandolin Academy
Carlo Aonzo, Director
The Wheeler School
Providence RI
Saturday, March 12, 8 PM
The City Awakens
Emiel Stopler
Grooves #1 and #2
Owen Hartford
A Day at the Circus
Richard Charlton
Under the Big Top! – Clowns Flying - Bareback Riders
East-West
Stephen Lalor
The Providence Mandolin Orchestra
(Pause)
Simple Suite
Dimitri Nicolau (1946-2008)
Pocket Ouverture-Tabarin-In TraumeSummer Dance
Broadway ’79
Victor Kioulaphides
Carlo Aonzo, solo mandolin
Suite Campesina
Sebastien Paci
Danza de la Siega - Lamento del Campesino –
Danza de las Muchachas
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C.P.O. Rhapsody
Stefano Squarzina
Preludio metropolitan – Prima Chanson –
Interludio – Seconda Chanson – Samba
di mezzanotte
The Orchestra of the International Mandolin Academy
(Pause)
Da Un Balcone Ungherese
Nicodemo Bruzzone (1922-1998)
Carlo Aonzo, solo mandolin
Yume
Katsumi Nagaoka
The Providence Mandolin Orchestra and the Orchestra of the International Mandolin Academy
Program Notes by Robert A. Margo
The Providence Mandolin Orchestra (PMO) is pleased to present its latest concert in
collaboration with the Orchestra of the International Mandolin Academy (OIMA), directed by the Italian
virtuoso, Carlo Aonzo.
Written for the PMO, Emiel Stopler’s “The City Awakens” evokes a new day with its insistent
rhythms derived from minimalism and popular music. The beat continues with two recent works by the
PMO’s resident composer, Owen Hartford’s “Grooves #1 and #2”. A prolific composer for plucked
strings, Richard Charlton’s “A Day at the Circus” mixes piquant modern harmonies with nostalgic
melodies. The PMO’s portion of the program closes with Stephen Lalor’s exotic “third-world” blend of
eastern and western music.
The Greek composer Dimitri Nicolau was a major force in his country’s musical culture and his
“Simple Suite” is one of about a dozen works that he wrote for plucked string ensemble. A
distinguished composer and conductor in his native Italy, Stefano Squarzina’s “CPO Rhapsody’ is his
second major work for mandolin ensemble. Victor Kioulaphides’ jazzy “Broadway ‘79” captures the
improvisatory, sophisticated spirit that is the heart of the Big Apple. Sebastien Paci is a French
composer whose “Suite Campesina” was premiered by the European Guitar and Mandolin Youth
Orchestra in 2008. The two groups join forces to bring with a paean to the Italian origins of the
mandolin, a “czardas” by Nicodemo Bruzzone highly embellished by the solo flights of Carlo Aonzo; and
the spicy Mediterranean melodies and rhythms of “Yume” by Katsumi Nagoaka.
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The Providence Mandolin Orchestra was founded by the late Hibbard Perry in 1971. Since then, it has
become one of the leading American mandolin ensembles, with regular appearances throughout the
eastern United States, Canada, and Western Europe. The orchestra is under the direction of Mark M.
Davis. Mr. Davis pursues an active career as a solo and ensemble performer, educator, and conductor.
The Orchestra of the International Mandolin Academy is an international ensemble made up of
musicians from Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Japan, United States and Canada.
Conducted by Carlo Aonzo, one of the leading performers on classical mandolin in the world, the
orchestra evolved from within the International Mandolin Academy, an international workshop founded
by Maestro Aonzo, which every summer brings together musicians of all ages and from all over the
world in Italy.
The Providence Mandolin Orchestra
Director: Mark M. Davis
First Mandolin: Joshua Bell (concertmaster), Michael Cappelli, Yvette Cote, Duane Golumb, Chang Lee
Second Mandolin: Lynne Bell, Christine Chito, Owen Hartford, Paul Wilde
Mandola: Mark Chuoke, Mack Johnston, Robert Margo, Gayle Raposa
Mandocello: Dan Moore, Matt Synder
Classical Guitar: Beverly Davis, John Dennewitz, Sylvie Harris, Michael Hession
Bass: Paul Bodner
The Orchestra of the International Mandolin Academy
Director: Carlo Aonzo
Mandolin: Linda Baronchelli, Celine Celluci, Giorgia Caneva, Freddy Colt, Piero Lisci, Bob Mariotti,
Virginia Piccoli, Clara Ponzoni Borsani, Sabine Spath, Paolo Stirnimann, Olivia Taralla, Cecille Valette,
Miriam Zaniboni
Mandola: Giovanni Merisi, Ferdinando Molteni, Georgio Pertusi
Classical Guitar: Giorgio Lavinia Carbone, Fausta Crispino, Gianluigi Fasola, Manuela Maffi Steger,
Katsumi Nagaoka, Edoardo Perlasca, Fabrizio Vinciguerra
Mandocello: Giorgio Borsani
Harpsichord: Elena Buttiero
Bass: Stephen Smith
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